Re: [PATCH] grep: document negated line-number, column long options
On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> wrote:
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> Subject: [PATCH] gitcli: document that command line trumps configuration
>
> We centrally explain that "--no-whatever" is the way to countermand
> the "--whatever" option. Explain that a configured default can be
> overridden by the corresponding command line option, too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
> ---
> diff --git c/Documentation/gitcli.txt w/Documentation/gitcli.txt
> @@ -161,6 +161,20 @@ can use `--no-track` to override that behaviour. The same goes for `--color`
> +Options trump configuration
> +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> +When there is a configuration variable and a command line option
> +that tweaks the behaviour of the same aspect of a Git command,
> +the command line option overrides the configuration variable.
> +
> +For example, the `user.signingKey` configuration variable is used to
> +specify the default key used by the `git tag -s` command to create a
> +signed tag. By giving the `-u <key-id>` option to `git tag`, which
> +specif es the key used to sign a tag, the key specified by the `-u`
> +option on the command line is used, instead of the configured
> +`user.signingKey`.